I think novak may be able to be backup SG in a pinch

technomaster wrote:We're talking 13th-15th man. DEEEEEP Bench, as in don't even get dressed deep. For this purpose, I like the idea of bringing in a couple of journeymen who are looking into making a transition into coaching in the next few years. Raja Bell is a strong option for 13th man.

The only really young players are Lin and Shumpert, with in-their-prime veterans in all the key spots, plus Camby/Kidd as geriatric twilight role players.

Melo
Amare
Chandler
Smith
Lin

Novak
Camby
White
Kidd

Shump
Jared Jeffries
Prigioni

The age is a worry. And tat was big part of why I suggested CD-R

Knixkik wrote:Minnesota has committed more in free agent salary than they have in cap space. They need to unload any contract possible to clear up space, and Gadzuric's non-guaranteed deal could help a lot. If we take back Wayne Ellington and Malcomb Lee for Gadzuric it would save them 2 million in salary and bring us back a pure SG in Ellington and a versatile defender in Lee. Just an idea.

I was thinking the same thing.

RonRon wrote:

Knixkik wrote:Minnesota has committed more in free agent salary than they have in cap space. They need to unload any contract possible to clear up space, and Gadzuric's non-guaranteed deal could help a lot. If we take back Wayne Ellington and Malcomb Lee for Gadzuric it would save them 2 million in salary and bring us back a pure SG in Ellington and a versatile defender in Lee. Just an idea.

we could only take one of their salaries.

I couldn't find out how much $ did we actually give Houston for the Camby trade, I heard different stories all over.
At first it was TD's salary(his salary is barely over 2m), I also saw the full 3m, or a little less than 3m, and all sorts of things within these past couple of days.
We cannot use that money to add more salary to take back, it is only an incentive to give a team, but hey money is money.

Are you sure because it works on the trade machine.

yellowboy90 wrote:

RonRon wrote:

Knixkik wrote:Minnesota has committed more in free agent salary than they have in cap space. They need to unload any contract possible to clear up space, and Gadzuric's non-guaranteed deal could help a lot. If we take back Wayne Ellington and Malcomb Lee for Gadzuric it would save them 2 million in salary and bring us back a pure SG in Ellington and a versatile defender in Lee. Just an idea.

we could only take one of their salaries.

I couldn't find out how much $ did we actually give Houston for the Camby trade, I heard different stories all over.
At first it was TD's salary(his salary is barely over 2m), I also saw the full 3m, or a little less than 3m, and all sorts of things within these past couple of days.
We cannot use that money to add more salary to take back, it is only an incentive to give a team, but hey money is money.

Are you sure because it works on the trade machine.

We can take back the 2 salaries of the players i mentioned above.

any change we still have room for courtney lee...it would have to be a sign and trade right?

A source very close to Ronnie Brewer said the Knicks have expressed "some interest" in the six-year swingman. His team last season, the Bulls, didn't pick up his team option of $4.37 million, thereby making him an unrestricted free agent.

Addressing reporters in Las Vegas, Mike Woodson didn't specify which players the Knicks were still looking to sign -- they have a couple of roster spots remaining -- but he said he and Glen Grunwald are looking at a couple of players.

It's likely that with Iman Shumpert out until January -- Woodson did say he believes Shump is ahead of schedule -- the team could be in the market for a combo/shooting guard to play off the bench, especially someone who's athletic and can get to the cup. As of now, James White is the only one.

While Brewer made $4.71 million last season with the Bulls, his market value has dropped. According to Nick Friedell of ESPN Chicago, "his biggest issue was that once he started playing starter's minutes in the beginning of the year, he couldn't keep up the same level of play throughout the season. Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau got frustrated by the fact that Brewer's shot had gone missing and the veteran guard's game never fully recovered."

Brewer may not be attracted to the Knicks' financial availability of likely only a veteran's minimum contract. But the team could add more money including Dan Gadzuric in a sign-and-trade with the Bulls.

Brewer would not only bring slashing, but also defense (1.4 career steals per game) and shooting. According to Friedell, "he spent all last summer during the lockout working on his jumper and that extra work paid off as he shot the ball with plenty of confidence in Richard Hamilton's absence."

The Knicks still haven't ruled out bringing back Landry Fields, but they realize how expensive he'll be at $20 million over three years. That's the amount on the Raptors' offer sheet, which the Knicks have two more days to match.